Ella Mai

22 year-old singer Ella Mai and R&B producer DJ Mustard are hitting the sweet spot – clean modern production with nods to 90’s musicians like Aaliyah, TLC, and SWV.

Named after the incomparable Ella Fitzgerald, Mai's cutting songwriting and chorus of a voice raise the barnacle covered shipwrecks of long-broken romances, filling their salted sails with wailing nostalgia. Her lyrics provoke the private satisfaction of watching a reprobate ex-lover writhe under the anxiety, denial, and hollow rationalizations following a break-up.   

A lesser artist would leave us feeling (appropriately) embarrassed over such self-indulgences.